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radicalleft

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24. I believe that to fully understand the issues faced today
Mon Oct 23, 2023, 11:04 PM
Oct 2023

We must look to the post WW1 timeframe to establish the root cause of the conflict. Specifically the Palestine Mandate. I believe the events that unfolded prior to and after this are paramount to understanding motivations on both sides of the issue today.

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"Israel was thrust upon us"? brooklynite Oct 2023 #1
Who decided to set up the state? And why? The Jewish cachukis Oct 2023 #2
Who decided to set it up? The UN and the British. brooklynite Oct 2023 #3
The people of that area who were basically stateless cachukis Oct 2023 #5
Nobody was made "stateless" by Israel brooklynite Oct 2023 #9
Are you referring to the British Mandate post WW1 radicalleft Oct 2023 #13
Post WW2 brooklynite Oct 2023 #14
I believe that to fully understand the issues faced today radicalleft Oct 2023 #24
The Palestine mandate controlled a Palestine that was occupied by Arabs and Jews... brooklynite Oct 2023 #30
+++ JohnSJ Oct 2023 #36
Does it matter? Happy Hoosier Oct 2023 #19
Nor was there a "state" of Israel radicalleft Oct 2023 #26
You're missing it. They were stateless. Suddenly the were cachukis Oct 2023 #15
The UN voted on a partition into a Jewish State and a Palestinian one question everything Oct 2023 #55
The sides were pushing each other from here to there moniss Oct 2023 #52
Wait.... Happy Hoosier Oct 2023 #18
From what I read. I can handle a correction. cachukis Oct 2023 #25
Take a look at this... Happy Hoosier Oct 2023 #29
I stand corrected. I was misinformed on cachukis Oct 2023 #32
At the time of the Palestine Mandate there were only about 10,000 Jews radicalleft Oct 2023 #27
Thanks. cachukis Oct 2023 #33
A Palestinian State was also "thrust upon them"... brooklynite Oct 2023 #21
No argument. They were totally out of their league cachukis Oct 2023 #23
Diaspora was since Abraham? Ever hears of King David? question everything Oct 2023 #53
I have read a lot on the subject and cachukis Oct 2023 #58
I don't understand a word of this, but thank you for posting n/t leftstreet Oct 2023 #4
lol MOMFUDSKI Oct 2023 #7
Please re read, slowly. cachukis Oct 2023 #8
One side wants a 2-State solution and MOMFUDSKI Oct 2023 #6
Yitzhak Rabin if he were still alive radicalleft Oct 2023 #10
Please tell me why? cachukis Oct 2023 #16
He was assasinted by radicalleft Oct 2023 #28
I know he was assassinated. But why would he disagree? cachukis Oct 2023 #35
There are factions radicalleft Oct 2023 #37
Yes. Thanks. The Promised Land perspective. cachukis Oct 2023 #41
No, there were winners and losers from those wars as there are from all wars, and the JohnSJ Oct 2023 #43
Yes. Victors divvy up the spoils. Turkey seems to cachukis Oct 2023 #44
My post is to the DU society. We are watching cachukis Oct 2023 #11
Almost 100% agree radicalleft Oct 2023 #12
That is after WWI and yet it still happened. cachukis Oct 2023 #17
I think it was an issue of politcal manipulation radicalleft Oct 2023 #31
Why don't you take the time to read? question everything Oct 2023 #56
"Israel was thrust upon us". Speak for your fucking self. nt LexVegas Oct 2023 #20
Did Israel show up of its own accord? cachukis Oct 2023 #22
Serious question... radicalleft Oct 2023 #34
My sense is no. But guilt, philanthropy, politics and who knows what cachukis Oct 2023 #39
+++. I can almost hear some of my best friends are Jews JohnSJ Oct 2023 #38
Actually, part of my early teens was spent with many cachukis Oct 2023 #40
When I was growing up I was told by my Catholic friends JohnSJ Oct 2023 #45
I was taught that by some of my teachers. cachukis Oct 2023 #46
Vatican 2 changed all that, except for Mel Gibson JohnSJ Oct 2023 #49
Didn't the powers that be dictate what happened after the wars. cachukis Oct 2023 #42
The Ottoman Empire controlled that area until after WWI JohnSJ Oct 2023 #47
Yes. I am a retired teacher who taught about the cachukis Oct 2023 #48
From my perspective unless they bring back a two state solution, JohnSJ Oct 2023 #50
Could be right. cachukis Oct 2023 #51
Philosophical! My fourth grade teacher. betsuni Oct 2023 #54
You must have wisdom beyond mine. I look forward cachukis Oct 2023 #59
What would you have done with the stateles Holocaust survivors that no country in the world wanted AZLD4Candidate Oct 2023 #57
Wow. I admit i have been responding to the nitpickers cachukis Oct 2023 #60
You completely sidestepped my original question: What would you have done with stateless Holocaust survivors AZLD4Candidate Oct 2023 #65
I have stated on several occassions that cachukis Oct 2023 #66
There have been many Arab leaders radicalleft Oct 2023 #61
Your perspective displays big picture thinking. cachukis Oct 2023 #62
Very nice to have interacted with you as well radicalleft Oct 2023 #63
Were still not full citizens because they weren't muslim. AZLD4Candidate Oct 2023 #64
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